To celebrate its 40th anniversary of producing cars at its production plant in Hethel, Lotus has released the Elise S 40th Anniversary Limited Edition just for the European market.
The special anniversary edition comes colored in burnt orange, features painted rear diffuser and wheels, leather seats with orange stitching, colored brake calipers and a 40th commemorative letter signed by the CEO of Lotus.
The car is going to be very limited with Germany only getting 15, Switzerland will get 10, Italy 6 and France and Belgium will each get 5 of the cars. An additional 9 cars will be allocated to rest of mainland Europe. Too bad we will not get the car in the US.
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Comments (11)
oooooo Elise...
Any day I see an Elise is a good day.
Test drives are such a tease. All I need to do now is save enough money to buy one.
Posted by Dan | November 26, 2007 10:35 AM
Posted on November 26, 2007 10:35
All performance ratings aside, I have to say this... Lotus makes some of the UGLIEST cars I've ever seen; so ugly, in fact, that I like it (??wtf)
Posted by Tony | November 26, 2007 11:28 AM
Posted on November 26, 2007 11:28
If it's only offered in europe, why is the picture of a left side driver seat?
Posted by tom | November 26, 2007 11:41 AM
Posted on November 26, 2007 11:41
@tom
Err, most of Europe drives with the driver in the left seat.
Posted by Vorador | November 26, 2007 11:45 AM
Posted on November 26, 2007 11:45
I have to agree with Tony here, it's hard to imagine how something that awesome could be so incredibly ugly. It's like a mutated wasp or something...
Posted by SEALBoy | November 26, 2007 1:05 PM
Posted on November 26, 2007 13:05
Is it just me, or does the front end of the car not go with the back end? Looks like the 1970s has returned to haunt us.
Only in burnt orange, they ought to market it in Austin, TX; they'd sell a ton.
Posted by jake | November 26, 2007 1:39 PM
Posted on November 26, 2007 13:39
I hope they aren't charging too much of a premium for colored parts and new seats.
@tom, lol
Posted by gm0n3y | November 26, 2007 2:16 PM
Posted on November 26, 2007 14:16
Who really cares if it's the 40th Ann. car...it has no better performance than the rest of them. Also...shouldn't they be British Racing Green?
Posted by Noya | November 26, 2007 11:29 PM
Posted on November 26, 2007 23:29
So, uh, how many is Lotus allocating for their own country then? :)
Posted by Polynikes | November 27, 2007 12:30 AM
Posted on November 27, 2007 00:30
Meh... I drove a friend's Elise and didn't like it at all.. in fact I think I would've been pissed if I had in my mind that I paid somewhere between $40-$50k for one.
Give me a Honda S2000 and $10k for mods - that'll make me very happy.
Posted by Rob | November 27, 2007 8:45 AM
Posted on November 27, 2007 08:45
buggati is the best car in the world
Posted by RAVI | May 27, 2008 3:48 AM
Posted on May 27, 2008 03:48